Sir Thomas Blake, 2nd Baronet, died 1642. Biography Blake was the eldest son of Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Robuck French. Blake was Sheriff with his father, though the latter was removed from office for refusing the oath of supremacy in 1611. He was Mayor of Galway for the term 1637–38. He was an alderman, and MP for the town in 1634–35. Blake was killed in the town when a cannon, built by its citizens, exploded, killing him and a number of others. He married Juliane Browne, daughter of Geoffrey, and was succeeded by his son, Valentine, in 1642. He had three other sons and several daughters. See also Blake baronets References Roll of Honour: The Mayors of Galway, William Henry, Galway, 2002. Dictionary of Irish Biography, p. 589, Cambridge, 2010. Politicians from County Galway Mayors of Galway 1642 deaths 17th-century Irish people People of the Irish Confederate Wars Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Year of birth missing